Trending News: Here's How You Can Get Up To $1,500 From LinkedIn

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LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over its proclivity to send unauthorized emails to users. You can claim your slice of the pie here.

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LinkedIn, the social networking site that you kind of need to have an account but don't really need to use, has agreed to pay out $13 million for spamming its users.

A class-action lawsuit claimed that LinkedIn sent unauthorized email reminders about its "Add Connections" program.

From the WSJ: "Add Connections prompts users to import their email contacts and automatically invites the contacts to connect on LinkedIn. If an invitation is not accepted within a certain period of time, LinkedIn sends up to two reminder emails to alert the recipient that an invitation is waiting.

The court found that LinkedIn members consented to the company using their contacts and sending invitations to connect. However, members did not consent to LinkedIn sending reminders, the court found.

LinkedIn denies any wrongdoing. However, the company revised its disclosures associated with Add Connections to clarify that it would send up to two reminders for each connection invitation."

Basically, if you received an email from LinkedIn between September 2011 and October 2014, you've hit the lottery. And by lottery, we mean that you can claim somewhere around $10.

No, it's not much but how often does a spammer have to send you money?

Depending on how many people claim, however, the settlement could go as high as $1,500 per user (although that probably won't happen). Make sure to file before Dec. 14, 2015.

LinkedIn, of course, notified users by sending an email.

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